Rainer Thiele

3.5k total citations
80 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Rainer Thiele is a scholar working on Development, Sociology and Political Science and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Thiele has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Development, 38 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 36 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Rainer Thiele's work include International Development and Aid (41 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (35 papers) and Religion, Society, and Development (20 papers). Rainer Thiele is often cited by papers focused on International Development and Aid (41 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (35 papers) and Religion, Society, and Development (20 papers). Rainer Thiele collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Italy and United States. Rainer Thiele's co-authors include Peter Nunnenkamp, Axel Dreher, Dirk‐Jan Koch, Manfred Wiebelt, Toman Omar Mahmoud, Marcus Böhme, Linda Kleemann, Iñaki Aldasoro, Pablo Selaya and Hannes Öhler and has published in prestigious journals such as The Economic Journal, World Development and Journal of Development Economics.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Thiele

77 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rainer Thiele Germany	22	1.2k	907	640	503	267	80	1.9k
Samuel Bazzi United States	15	476 0.4×	888 1.0×	327 0.5×	727 1.4×	264 1.0×	37	1.9k
Margareta Sollenberg Sweden	13	666 0.5×	2.3k 2.5×	128 0.2×	358 0.7×	90 0.3×	26	3.0k
Robert Osei Ghana	18	254 0.2×	449 0.5×	591 0.9×	964 1.9×	108 0.4×	62	2.0k
Morten Jerven Canada	20	194 0.2×	545 0.6×	113 0.2×	432 0.9×	159 0.6×	50	1.3k
Christina Malmberg Calvo	6	149 0.1×	793 0.9×	399 0.6×	545 1.1×	52 0.2×	11	1.9k
Victoria Kwakwa	4	145 0.1×	779 0.9×	385 0.6×	519 1.0×	51 0.2×	8	1.8k
Douglas Rimmer United Kingdom	13	307 0.3×	634 0.7×	74 0.1×	410 0.8×	98 0.4×	56	1.6k
Ajay Chhibber United States	10	260 0.2×	646 0.7×	79 0.1×	526 1.0×	100 0.4×	19	1.8k
Dominic Rohner Switzerland	16	193 0.2×	1.1k 1.2×	177 0.3×	294 0.6×	56 0.2×	63	1.7k
Lionel Demery United States	16	103 0.1×	575 0.6×	385 0.6×	696 1.4×	87 0.3×	47	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Rainer Thiele

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rainer Thiele

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rainer Thiele. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rainer Thiele based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Rainer Thiele. Rainer Thiele is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Brandi, Clara, et al.. (2025). Africa’s regional and global integration: introduction to the special issue. Review of World Economics. 161(1). 1–5.

Herrmann, Roland, et al.. (2025). Discrimination Against Agriculture in Developing Countries?. Mohr Siebeck eBooks.

Thiele, Rainer, et al.. (2024). South‐south refugee movements: Do pull factors play a role?. Economics and Politics. 36(2). 928–958. 1 indexed citations

Thiele, Rainer, et al.. (2023). The link between economic growth and emigration from developing countries: Does migrants' skill composition matter?. Kyklos. 77(1). 213–248. 3 indexed citations

Khadjavi, Menusch, et al.. (2020). Social Capital and Large-Scale Agricultural Investments: An Experimental Investigation. The Economic Journal. 131(633). 420–449. 12 indexed citations

Thiele, Rainer, et al.. (2018). Foreign assistance and migration choices: Disentangling the channels. Economics Letters. 172. 148–151. 10 indexed citations

Thiele, Rainer, et al.. (2018). The impact of foreign aid on migration revisited. World Development. 111. 59–74. 59 indexed citations

Kleemann, Linda, Peter Nunnenkamp, & Rainer Thiele. (2016). Gender Inequality, Female Leadership and Aid Allocation. Journal of International Development. 28(3). 376–395. 10 indexed citations

Kleemann, Linda & Rainer Thiele. (2015). Rural welfare implications of large-scale land acquisitions in Africa: A theoretical framework. Economic Modelling. 51. 269–279. 33 indexed citations

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Dreher, Axel, et al.. (2012). Aid Allocation by German NGOs: Does the Degree of Official Financing Matter?. World Economy. 35(11). 1448–1472. 17 indexed citations

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Selaya, Pablo & Rainer Thiele. (2010). Aid and Sectoral Growth: Evidence from Panel Data. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Mahmoud, Toman Omar & Rainer Thiele. (2010). Does AIDS-Related Mortality Reduce Per-Capita Household Income? Evidence from Rural Zambia. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations

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Aldasoro, Iñaki, Peter Nunnenkamp, & Rainer Thiele. (2009). Less Aid Proliferation and More Donor Coordination? The Wide Gap between Words and Deeds. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

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Lay, Jann, Rainer Thiele, & Manfred Wiebelt. (2008). RESOURCE BOOMS, INEQUALITY, AND POVERTY: THE CASE OF GAS IN BOLIVIA. Review of Income and Wealth. 54(3). 407–437. 15 indexed citations

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Bussolo, Maurizio, et al.. (2006). The Impact of Commodity Price Changes on Rural Households: The Case of Coffee in Uganda. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Bussolo, Maurizio, et al.. (2006). The Impact Of Commodity Price Changes On Rural Households : The Case Of Coffee In Uganda. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 8 indexed citations

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Dreher, Axel, Peter Nunnenkamp, & Rainer Thiele. (2006). Does Aid for Education Educate Children? Evidence from Panel Data: evidence from panel data. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 146. 7 indexed citations

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Nunnenkamp, Peter, et al.. (2005). Grants Versus Loans: Much Ado About (Almost) Nothing. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 10 indexed citations

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Thiele, Rainer & Manfred Wiebelt. (1994). Policies to reduce tropical deforestation and degradation: a computable general equilibrium analysis for Cameroon. 15 indexed citations

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Thiele, Rainer & Manfred Wiebelt. (1993). National and international policies for tropical rain forest conservation?A quantitative analysis for Cameroon. Environmental and Resource Economics. 3(6). 501–531. 12 indexed citations

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